Sideways World

The math is simple. We can emit 565 more gigatons of carbon dioxide and stay below 2°C of warming — anything more than that risks catastrophe for life on earth. The only problem? Burning the fossil fuel that corporations now have in their reserves would result in emitting 2,795 gigatons of carbon dioxide — five times the safe amount. To raise awareness of this terrifying math and build a movement to challenge the fossil fuel industry, bestselling author and environmental activist Bill McKibben and 350.org, the organization he founded, went coast to coast for one of the most critical road-shows there has ever been. DO THE MATH serves as a much needed correction to industry spin and deliberate misinformation about the climate crisis, and shows how an unprecedented global movement is rising up to keep CO2 emissions down.